Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Roger Christian

Writers (WGA):

Corey Mandell (screenplay) and
J.D. Shapiro (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

12 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare For Battle

Plot:

After enslavement & near extermination by an alien race in the year 3000, humanity begins to fight back.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Zoo | Mannequin | Digit In Title | Man Animal

Awards:

9 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

John Travolta	...	Terl
Barry Pepper	...	Jonnie Goodboy Tyler
Forest Whitaker	...	Ker
Kim Coates	...	Carlo
Sabine Karsenti	...	Chrissy
Michael Byrne	...	Parson Staffer
Christian Tessier	...	Mickey
Sylvain Landry	...	Sammy
Richard Tyson	...	Robert the Fox
Christopher Freeman	...	Processing Clerk
John Topor	...	Processing Clerk / One-Eyed Guard / Teleportation Supervisor
Shaun Austin-Olsen	...	Planetship
Tim Post	...	Assistant Planetship / Psychlo Guard
Earl Pastko	...	Bartender
Michel Perron	...	Rock
Michael MacRae	...	District Manager Zete
Todd McDougall	...	Psychlo Wrangler
Derrick Damon Reeve	...	Psychlo Hoser
Jason Cavalier	...	Floyd
Sean Hewitt	...	Heywood
Andrew Albert	...	Labour Supervisor
Alan Legros	...	Heavy Set Guard
Andy Bradshaw	...	Mason
Jim Meskimen	...	Blythe
Robert Higden	...	Supply Clerk
Rejean Denoncourt	...	Communication Officer
Tait Ruppert	...	Rodman
Mulumba Tshikuka	...	Human Pilot
Kelly Preston	...	Chirk
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Mara
Nadine Corde	...	Psychlo Babe
Russell Yuen	...	Speaking Bandit
Andrew Campbell	...	Leering Grin Bandit
Noël Burton	...	Clinko
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Craig Gauthier	...	Alien (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Christian

Writing credits (WGA)
Corey Mandell		(screenplay) and
J.D. Shapiro		(screenplay)
L. Ron Hubbard		(novel)

Produced by
Ashok Amritraj	....	executive producer
Don Carmody	....	executive producer
Anson Downes	....	associate producer
Linda Favila	....	associate producer
James A. Holt	....	co-producer (as James Holt)
Jonathan D. Krane	....	producer
Elie Samaha	....	producer
Tracee Stanley	....	co-producer
Andrew Stevens	....	executive producer
John Travolta	....	producer

Original Music by
Elia Cmiral

Cinematography by
Giles Nuttgens		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robin Russell

Casting by
Lynn Stalmaster

Production Design by
Patrick Tatopoulos

Art Direction by
Oana Bogdan
Claude Paré		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Louis Dandonneau
Anne Galéa

Costume Design by
Patrick Tatopoulos

Makeup Department
Jocelyne Bellemare	....	key makeup artist
Linda Bourgon	....	assistant hair stylist
Vanessa Browning	....	hair technician
Justin Ditter	....	hair technician
André Duval	....	key hair stylist
Jake Garber	....	prosthetic makeup supervisor
Joel Harlow	....	special makeup effects artist
Karen Keener	....	hair technician
Kathy Kelso	....	makeup artist: extras
Martina Kohl	....	hair stylist: Psyclo
Francine Martineau	....	makeup artist: extras
Adrien Morot	....	key special makeup effects artist
Jayson Philapil	....	special makeup effects artist
Ron Pipes	....	hair styles supervisor
Bob Pritchett	....	key hair stylist
Martin Rivest	....	key hair stylist: second unit
Ronald J. Rolfe	....	hair stylist
Joseph Yuss Simon	....	sculptor
Mike Smithson	....	makeup artist: John Travolta
Sylvania Yau	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Francey Grace	....	production supervisor
Jacky Lavoie	....	unit production manager
Michael Tinger	....	post production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Erik Ajduk	....	second second assistant director
Karla Bluteau	....	third assistant director: second unit
Penny Charter	....	second assistant director
Jean-François Duplat	....	third assistant director
Angèle Gagnon	....	third assistant director: second unit
Walter Gasparovic	....	first assistant director
Brigitte Goulet	....	second assistant director: second unit
Brandon Lambdin	....	second second assistant director
Auree Tommi Lepage	....	third assistant director
Richard Martin	....	second unit director
Maïté Sarthou	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Gino Acevedo	....	painter
Kasia Adamik	....	storyboard artist
Rejean Brochu	....	construction coordinator
Louis Dandonneau	....	set dresser
Martin Gendron	....	assistant art director
Alain Giguère	....	head scenic painter
Ronny Gosselin	....	model shop supervisor
Kevin Grant	....	assistant decorator
Simon Guilbault	....	set designer
Denis Hamel	....	property master
Geof Isherwood	....	set & prop illustrator
Eric Lafrance	....	carpenter
Michele Laliberte	....	assistant art director
Martin Laneuville	....	set dresser
David Laramy	....	assistant decorator
Carl Lessard	....	graphic designer
Jean-Francois Mignault	....	illustrator
Jean-Francois Mignault	....	pre-visualization
Russell Moore	....	set designer
Chris Robbins	....	paint supervisor
Andrew Semple	....	sculptor
Doris Simard	....	supervising art department coordinator
Lucie Tremblay	....	set designer
Corinna Wicks	....	painter
Francis Back	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher S. Aud	....	supervising sound editor (as Christopher Aud)
Kevin Bartnof	....	foley artist (as Kevin Bartonf)
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
David E. Campbell	....	re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Rick Canelli	....	recordist (as Rick Canneli)
Casey J. Crabtree	....	foley artist (as Casey Crabtree)
Jeffrey Cranford	....	assistant sound editor (as Jeff Cranford)
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Arnaud Derimay	....	sound recordist
Laverne Dewberry	....	recordist
Teri E. Dorman	....	dialogue editor (as Teri Dorman)
John P. Fasal	....	sound designer (as John Fasal)
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr editor
Terry Garcia	....	assistant sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer
Charles Hamilton	....	sound recordist
Todd Harris	....	assistant sound editor (as Todd M. Harris)
Dan Hiland	....	re-recording mixer
David L. Horton Jr.	....	foley editor (as David Horton Jr.)
Rick Hromadka	....	effects editor
Adam Johnson	....	effects editor
Mark Johnson	....	recordist
Andy Kopetzky	....	foley editor
James Lebrecht	....	sound designer
Christian P. Minkler	....	re-recording mixer (as Christian Minkler)
Mark Morrell	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Munyon	....	foley recordist (as Christopher Munyon)
John Nutt	....	sound designer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer (as Tom O'Connell)
Ken S. Polk	....	re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Bob Redpath	....	co-supervising sound editor
John T. Reitz	....	re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Patrick Rousseau	....	production sound recordist
Gregg Rudloff	....	re-recording mixer (as Greg Rudloff)
Andrew Somers	....	effects editor (as Andrew M. Somers)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
David Werntz	....	effects editor

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Trevor Cripps	....	specialty prop fabricator
Mario Dumont	....	special effects floor supervisor
Marcel Pierre Dussol	....	model maker
Normand Gobeille	....	special effects technician
C.J. Goldman	....	special makeup effects
Ronny Gosselin	....	miniature effects
André Laforest	....	special effects technician
David Loveday	....	special effects
Eric-André Paquin	....	special effects technician
Christian Rivest	....	special effects technician
Hélène Ross	....	special effects department coordinator
Sebastien Roussel	....	pyrotechnician
Anthony Seck	....	special effects
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	creature designer
Joe Viskocil	....	pyro supervisor
Martin Williams	....	special effects rigger

Visual Effects by
Gary Abrahamian	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Mary Agnes	....	digital compositor: Optical Illusions
Mashi Akiyama	....	3D effects artist
Josh Aller	....	custom software: Image Savant
Steve Arguello	....	3D animator: ComputerCafe
Jean-Yves Audojard	....	computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Kenneth Au	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Richard 'Dr.' Baily	....	digital animation supervisor/producer: Image Savant
Jeff Barnes	....	executive producer: ComputerCafe
Jamie Baxter	....	digital artist
Timur 'Taron' Baysal	....	character animator: ComputerCafe
Brian Begun	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Stacie Bensarah	....	digital compositor: Optical Illusions
Kevin Bertazzon	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Louise Bertrand	....	digital production manager: Hybride Technologies
Marc Bourbonnais	....	3D effects artist: Hybride Technologies
Mike Bozulich	....	3D animator: ComputerCafe
Bryce Brecheisen	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Wayne Brinton	....	digital effects compositor: Hybride Technologies
Lorraine Cardinal	....	visual effects coordinator: Optical Illusions
Anjelica Casillas	....	digital producer: Rhythm & Hues
Pascal Chappuis	....	digital artist: lighting
Ronna Chrisman	....	technical director: Optical Illusions
Chris Christman	....	senior technical director: Optical Illusions (as Chris Chrisman)
Daniele Colajacomo	....	visual effects supervisor: 3DSite
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
John Cornejo	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Shellaine Corwel	....	digital compositor
Marc Cote	....	video computer graphics
Nicolas Cotta	....	visual effects artist
Daniel Coupal	....	digital effects artist
Brandon Craig	....	render supervisor
Charles Darby	....	digital supervisor: Digital Firepower
Brandon Davis	....	3D animator: ComputerCafe
Chris Dawson	....	miniatures motion control camera operator
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects producer
Anouk Deveault-Moreau	....	digital production manager: Hybride Technologies
John Dietz	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Yerant Douvalian	....	conceptual artist: Digital Firepower
David Ebner	....	digital effects supervisor: ComputerCafe
Stephen Fishman	....	2D artist: Digital Firepower (as Steve Fishman)
Dan Foster	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects producer: ComputerCafe (as Vicki Weimer)
Andy Gauvreau	....	digital effects: Rhythm & Hues
Bridget A. Gaynor	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Jason Greenblum	....	digital compositor
David Gutman	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Laura Hanigan	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Chad J. Hellmuth	....	visual effects coordinator
Erik Henry	....	visual effects supervisor
Shawn Hillier	....	digital effects compositor: Hybride Technologies
Bryan Hirota	....	digital effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Phil Holland	....	scanning & recording operator
Ron Honn	....	digital artist/compositor: ComputerCafe
Caleb J. Howard	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Caleb Howard)
Caleb J. Howard	....	technical director
Nicolas Imhof	....	digital artist
Mark Joiner	....	digital animation: Image Savant
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Dimitri Kaliviotis	....	miniatures maker
Joseph Kasparian	....	computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Matt Kelly	....	compositor
Lance Kimes	....	systems support: Rhythm & Hues
Quintin King	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Michael La Fave	....	3D digital artist
François Lambert	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Franck Lambertz	....	digital effects compositor: Hybride Technologies
Kim Lavery	....	digital producer: Digital Firepower
Kim Lavery	....	in house visual effects producer
Daniel Leduc	....	digital effects supervisor
Steve Linn	....	system administrator: Rhythm & Hues
Dave Lockwood	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
David Lombardi	....	visual effects
Marc Massicotte	....	I/O technician
Jeff Matakovich	....	digital effects
L. Patrick McCormack	....	2D coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (as Patrick McCormack)
Will McCoy	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Matt McFarland	....	scan/record manager
Mark A. McGuire	....	pipeline setup
Diana Miao	....	lighting technical director
Stuart Mintz	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Stu Mintz)
Jeremy Nelligan	....	digital compositor
Thuc Nguyen	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Guillaume Niquet	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Gary Nolin	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Martin November	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues
Hideki Okano	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Maxx Okazaki	....	digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Akira Orikasa	....	digital artist: ComputerCafe
Brett Paton	....	3D animator: ComputerCafe
Bill Pearson	....	miniatures and special props supervisor
Chiara Perin	....	lighting supervisor: 3D Site
Lisa L. Pollaro	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Glenn Ramos	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
John Rauh	....	digital compositor
Pierre Raymond	....	digital effects producer: Hybride Technologies
Hans Rijpkema	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Rioux	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Edwin Rivera	....	digital compositing supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Sara Robinson	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Sheldon 'Rocky' Rocklin	....	digital compositor: Optical Illusions
Ha Ngan Roda	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Ha Roda)
Tomás Rosenfeldt	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Marc Rubone	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as Marcus M. Rubone)
Robert Scifo	....	matte artist: Optical Illusions
Andy Sheng	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Hudson Shock	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Cybele Sierra	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Craig A. Simms	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues (as Craig 'Evil' Simms)
E. James Small	....	model maker
Suponwich Juck Somsaman	....	digital artist
Dottie Starling	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Dortha Starling)
Kate St-Pierre	....	visual effects coordinator
Robert Stromberg	....	matte painting supervisor: Digital Backlot
Michael Struk	....	assistant visual effects editor
Jeff Sturgill	....	photosonic operator
Mike Swofford	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Philippe Theroux	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride Technologies
Gaetan Thiffault	....	computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Dave Thompson	....	3D supervisor: Digital Firepower
Antonio Torres	....	roto artist: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Trice	....	motion control miniature supervisor
Mike Uguccioni	....	visual effects compositor
Joe Viskocil	....	miniature special effects supervisor
Michael Wahrman	....	custom software: Image Savant
Mark Welser	....	matchmove
Yanick Wilisky	....	computer graphics animator: Hybride Technologies
Carlos Yambao	....	3D modeling: Digital Backlot
Tsz 'Gee' Yeung	....	3D digital artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Gee Yeung)
Bill Zahn	....	lighting artist: Digital Firepower
Patrick Zentis	....	matte artist: Digital Backlot
Christopher Dusendschon	....	optical compositor: THDX (uncredited)
Charles L. Finance	....	associate visual effects producer: post-production (uncredited)
Brian Jochum	....	digital effects producer (uncredited)
Erick Schiele	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Ikkee Battle	....	stunts: Psychlos
Annie Carignan	....	stunts: Human
Mike Chute	....	stunt double: Carlo
Marc Désourdy	....	stunts: Human
Maxine Dumont	....	stunt double: Chrissy
Maxine Dumont	....	stunts: Human
Flint Eagle	....	stunts: Psychlos
Jean Frenette	....	stunts: Human
Ben Gauthier	....	stunts: Human
Nathalie Girard	....	stunt double: Mara
Brian King	....	stunts: Psychlos
Gilbert Larose Jr.	....	stunts: Human
Jay Lavalley	....	stunts: Human (as J.J. Lavalley)
Stephane Lefebvre	....	stunt double: Jonnie
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Lucescu	....	stunts: Human
Cameron Mustain	....	stunts: Human
Patrick Oliver	....	stunts: Human (as Patrick Olivier)
Louis Pharand	....	stunts: Human
Hilary Porter	....	stunts: Human
Robert Racki	....	stunts: Psychlos
Paul Rapovski	....	stunts: Psychlos (as Paul Rapruski)
Mark Riccardi	....	stunt co-cordinator
Mark Riccardi	....	stunt double: Teri
Mark Riccardi	....	stunts: Human
David Rigby	....	stunts: Human
J.P. Romano	....	stunt co-cordinator
Nigel Scantlebury	....	stunts: Human
Michael Scherer	....	stunts: Psychlos (as Mike Scherer)
Todd Schroeder	....	stunts: Psychlos
Don Stockford	....	stunts: Human (as Donny Stockford)
Helen Stranzl	....	stunts: Human
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts: Human
Robert Thomas	....	stunt double: Ker
Jérôme Tiberghien	....	stunts: Human
Marshall Virtue	....	stunts: Human
John Walsh	....	stunts: Human
Wayne Wells	....	stunts: Human
Pete White	....	stunts: Human
Eric Bryson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alexandre Cadieux	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike Chute	....	stunts (uncredited)
Hervé Desbois	....	stunts: slave (uncredited)
Jere Gillis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nathalie Girard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Johnny Goar	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stéphane Lefebvre	....	stunts (uncredited)
Layton Morrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Todd Schroeder	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Robert Thomas	....	stunts (uncredited)
Marshall Virtue	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Beaudry	....	electrician: second unit
Pierre Beaulieu	....	electrician
Peter Benison	....	director of photography: second unit
Roch Boucher	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Daniel Chrétien Jr.	....	electrician
Joost Clerinx	....	best boy grip: second unit
Jean Courteau	....	chief lighting technician
Geoff Deadman	....	grip
Nadine Demeule	....	video assist operator
Andrew Dent	....	electrician: second unit
Bertrand Dupuis	....	best boy grip
Thierry Fargeau	....	film loader: second unit
Gilles Fortier	....	rigging gaffer
Nicholas Fournier	....	first assistant camera
Chloe Giroux	....	second assistant camera
Emeric Grunebaum	....	key grip: second unit
René Guillard	....	gaffer: second unit
René Guillard	....	rigging gaffer
Sylvain Hardy	....	electrician: second unit
Ariane Jonassen	....	camera trainee
Walter Klymkiw	....	gaffer
Denis Lamothe	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
Christian Lemay	....	focus puller: second unit
Patrick Lima	....	dolly grip
Brad MacLean	....	grip: second unit
Nicolas Marion	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Bruno Martel	....	best boy electric
Julie Sageau	....	video assist operator
Robert Stecko	....	camera operator: "a" camera
David Uloth	....	crane operator
Pierre Vinet	....	still photographer
Steven J. Winslow	....	assistant camera: Wescam
Steven J. Winslow	....	camera technician

Animation Department
Mike Swofford	....	animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Francesca Chamberland	....	costume supervisor
James P. Cullen	....	costumer
Gisèle Garneau	....	key dresser
Sarah Rubano	....	specialty costume fabricator

Editorial Department
Matt Boatright-Simon	....	editorial assistant
Stéphane Brault	....	assistant editor: Montreal (as Stephane Brault)
Debra Goldfield	....	first assistant editor: avid
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer (as Denny McNeil)
Corinne Villa	....	first assistant editor: film
Matthew Walsh	....	post production coordinator

Music Department
Thomas Bartke	....	music transcriptor
Mike Flicker	....	music editor
Erik Lundborg	....	orchestrator
Conrad Pope	....	conductor
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator
John Whynot	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Walter Diaz	....	driver
Aleck Duncan	....	principal cast driver: Forest Whitaker
Brian Joseph Moore	....	driver
Rino Vertone	....	driver
Jerome Wheeler	....	driver

Other crew
Chantale Allard	....	production assistant
Marie-Elaine Bailly	....	production coordinator
Melissa Bargar	....	first assistant accountant
Daniel Boudreau	....	production assistant
Daniel Boudreau	....	set production assistant: second unit
Tony Brazas	....	stand-in: Mr. Travolta
Steve Cardone	....	completion guarantor
Guylaine Chagnon	....	script supervisor: second unit
Pierre Cheminat	....	assistant to publicist
Michael Connor	....	assistant: Mr. Whitaker
Mélanie Côté	....	assistant location manager
Melanie Dallaire	....	receptionist
Kim De Pietro	....	assistant location manager
Paul Dupont	....	safety coordinator
Peter Evangelatos	....	craft service: Mr. Travolta
Kristen Figeroid	....	assistant: Mr. Stevens
John Gaskin	....	production accountant
Pamela Godfrey	....	production spokeswoman
Joanne T. Harwood	....	script supervisor (as Joanne Harwood)
Pamela Hilse	....	assistant accountant
Sotos Katakos	....	cast/crew paymaster
Adrian Knight	....	location manager
Peter Koczera	....	title designer: main titles
Francois Larose	....	set runner
Maryse Lesage	....	assistant production coordinator
Ben Mankowski	....	assistant accountant
Julie Mankowski	....	accountant
Rob Massi	....	assistant accountant
Michael Mendelsohn	....	production financing
Massimo Nouhra	....	production financing
Doug Pepper	....	assistant: Mr. Pepper
Brent Radford	....	weapons handler
Louis-Philippe Rathé	....	pre-visualization
Lara Rosenoff	....	assistant location manager
Miguel Sánchez	....	security: Mr. Travolta
Eric Skodis	....	production assistant
Angela Stauffer	....	researcher
Susan Such	....	executive assistant
Kathy Ann Thomas	....	production secretary
Luke Tierney	....	production assistant
Kaija Vogel	....	assistant: Roger Christian

Thanks
Pierre Bourque	....	thanks (as Mayor Pierre Bourque)
Mirko Kustec	....	thanks
Pellegrino Vetrone	....	thanks
Saulie Zajdal	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (as Warner Bros.) (presents)
• Morgan Creek Productions (in association with)
• Franchise Pictures (in association with)
• JTP Films
• Battlefield Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• New Films International (2000) (non-USA) (all media)
• Distribution Company (2000) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• GAGA Humax (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2000) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (2000) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Alpha Filmes (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Alpha Filmes (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Avsar Film (2000) (Turkey) (all media)
• E Stars Films (2003) (China) (TV)
• GAGA (2000) (Japan) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2001) (Finland) (VHS)
• Toho Video (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
• Veronica (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• 3DSite (digital visual effects)
• Available Light Productions
• Big Sky Post
• Compound Eye
• Computer Cafe, The (digital visual effects)
• Digital Backlot (matte paintings)
• Digital Firepower (digital visual effects)
• Digital Muse (digital visual effects)
• Eye Candy
• Fulcrum Studios LLC
• Gray Matter FX (visual effects)
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Image Savant (digital animation effects)
• Imaginary Forces
• Intrigue (mechanical special effects)
• Keyframe Studios
• Mirage Digital
• Models Unlimited SFX (key model maker)
• Optic Nerve Studios
• Optical Illusions (visual effects)
• Patrick Tatopoulos Design (creature effects)
• Picture Post Video
• Rhythm and Hues (visual effects)
• Velocity Visuals

Other Companies

• Aircam  aerial photography
• Complot Cine  greenscreens/bluescreens
• Executive Cutting Service Inc.  negative cutting
• General Life  motion control
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals
• Image Savant  digital animation effects
• Imperial Entertainment Group  production financing
• Paribas Group  production financing
• Patrick Tatopoulos Design  creatures department: Los Angeles
• Patriot Advisors  production financing
• Post Modern Sound  ADR recording facility
• Professional Visioncare  specialty contact lenses
• St. Thomas Center, Seattle  orchestra score recording facility
• The Fluorescent Company Inc.  greenscreens
• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  album distribution
• Warner Bros. Studios  adr mixing
• Warner Brothers  adr mixing
• Wescam USA  Wescam cameras
• Worldwide Film Completion  completion guarantee
• Xtreme/Music Works Studio  orchestra score recording facility
• Zero Hour Entertainment Inc.  stunt rigging

Also Known As:

Battlefield Earth (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi action.

Runtime:

118 min | USA:119 min (video version) | South Korea:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Finland:K-12 (2000) (theatrical) | Finland:K-15 (2001) (DVD) (revised version) | South Korea:12 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Africa:10V | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37411) | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The film covers only the first half of the L. Ron Hubbard book.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Jet fuel has a shelf life of about four years. A fully-fueled jet found after 1,000 years wouldn't even be able to start, much less take off and fly.

Quotes:

Terl: Stupid humans.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV)

One of the greatest sci fi comedies ever made!

My spouse and I went to see this on opening night. We were expecting to see an extremely bad and costly film, and we were not really disappointed. It is a testament to John Travolta's genius that his career survived this disaster at all.

As they say, garbage-in, garbage out. Start with an L Ron Hubbard novel (your first mistake) featuring a completely plagiarized dark-skinned, war-like and hairy alien culture with wrinkly foreheads (if this sounds like Klingons to you, I thought so too!), and add unfortunate Barry "can't get a break" (or maybe it should be 'cant pick a script') Pepper and all you need is Travolta himself - playing the arrogant, merciless, slightly effeminate and quite under-sized leader of the alien colonists. Remove any hint of character development from the script and use the worst of the worst black box technobabble explanations for plot devices. Finally, stay true to the idiotic gibberish you based the film on in the first place, and you've got the makings of a rolling-on-the-floor comedy.

In fact, opening night, in a packed theater, people started laughing out loud about 20 minutes into the film and never really stopped. We had a great time that night. Halfway through the film more than half the crowd was actually interacting with the film, asking "Mr Worf, where's Commander Riker?" and asking troublesome questions about how many hundreds of years gas would remain viable in the gas-tank of a Harrier.

If you need to know about the plot - it's this simple - Earth has been conquered by an amazingly stupid group of Klingon-like aliens, and the remaining humans live in a large domed slave labor camp where they are taught that their sole purpose is servitude because they are stupid, weak, etc. Barry Pepper somehow becomes convinced that he's not born to be a slave, and learns to fly a harrier, etc. It's really not worth the effort of typing. There are a few not-so-subtle and not very original but good messages about ethnocentrism to be found here, but not much else. Some day when you need a good laugh, rent this or borrow it from your local bad film collector.